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Firewind are on the bill too.

From Sabbath to Metallica, Gus revisits the music that helped shape him.

The 28-date trek starts in May.

Gus G, Firewind founder and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist, just unveiled his signature overdrive pedal, the G Screamer. He worked with BBE Sound to create an overdrive pedal that would give his leads the extra push they need to go over the edge.

Firewind guitarist Gus G -- who took over for longtime Ozzy Osbourne axe Zakk Wylde -- told a Florida newspaper that he's been writing a bunch of riffs and has discussed them with Ozzy. But overall, Gus said that it's still too early to figure things out, because Ozzy is still touring and focusing on the task at hand...

Gus G was plucked from a pool of guitarists to replace the venerable Zakk Wylde as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, and he's answered the call with equal parts grace and shred. His main band, Firewind, has just released 'Days of Defiance,' and will tour behind the platter for a quick run of special engagement dates along the East Coast, save for a single show for our neighbors to the north -- that'd be

Being the new guy is always a tough role, whether it's the first day of school or it's playing guitar for one of the most important artists in the entire metal universe. Gus G -- who now fills the impossibly large boots of Zakk Wylde as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist -- is the new guy with quite a bright spotlight shining on him...

Ozzy Osbourne's new guitarist Gus G. has been working hard learning riffs and solos by Tony Iommi, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde, but that hasn't kept the Greek metal deity away from his own band Firewind. This fall, the power metal group will release its sixth album 'Days of Defiance...

The revelation the other day from Ozzy Osbourne that his namesake festival, Ozzfest, would be returning this summer after going dark in 2009 as a traveling festival and not a one-off destination date like 2008's installment, has metalheads talking...